Sofa-bed.



0.1. ENGLUND.

SOFA BED.

APPLICATION 'FILED Nov. 26. 1915.

Patented May 15, 1917.

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0.1. ENGLUND.

SOFA-BED APPLICATION FILED N0v.26,1915.

Patented May 15, 1917.

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NETE@ TATES ATN@ @FFQEQ OLE J. ENGLUND, OF WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA.

SOFA-BED.

Application led November 26, 1915.

To di whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, @Ln J. ENGLUND, a citizen of the United lStates,residing at lilorthington, in the county of Nobles and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements inSofa-Beds, ef which the following a specification.

"viy present invention has special reference to the folding seatstructure and spring mattress adapted to form a sofa bed, and consistsprimarily in the combination of the frame of a sofa provided with acompartment into which the seat structure of the davenport is adapted tofold, and from which the lding spring section of the bed is adapted tobe drawn.

The special objects of my present invention are the provision of astructure which will be simple and economical to manufacture, which willbe simple and positive in operation, and which will be firm and rigid inopen position se as to be capable of giving satisfaction in any serviceto which it may be put.

ll attain the above objects by means of the structure illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of mydavenport.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the davenport, one arm being broken awayto show the end of the mattress or spring structure (lines 2-2 Fig. 1) gFig. 3 is a view 'similar to Fig. 2, showing the spring portion extendedand the seat portion of the davenport folded up within the compartmentat the rear of the frame; and- Fig. d is a top fragmental plan of thedavenport as shown in Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters refer respectively to similar partsthroughout the sev eral views.

My davenport comprises the usual form of end pieces or arm 5, suitablysecured to the wall 6 of the room within which my davenport is to beinstalled, the same forming the back of the davenport. A rectangularcompartment extends rearwardly from the baclr of this wall comprisingthe top 7, rear wall 8, and end walls 9. Suitably spaced below the topof the wall 7, and rig-` idly secured to both ends 9, of the structure,are rails 10, upon which is adapted to slide the seat cushion 11 of thedavenport, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, i917.

serial No. 63,648.

back cushion 12 thereof being connected to the rear of the same by meansof a set of pivoted levers 13 and le, the ends the same being boltedrespectively to the sections 11 and 12, their opposite ends beingpivoted to one another at 15. Suitably secured to the walls 9 9 of theends of the davenport, are a pair of rearwardly inclined angle irons,forming rails 1G and 17, upon which the rollers 1S which are journaledat the lower corners of a spring bed section 19 are adapted to travel.This spring bed section may be constructed in any of the well knownforms, comprising primarily a( rectangular frame, having a front wall20, and over the frame is stretched a mesh 2i.

The davenport being in the position as shown in Fig. 2, is convertedinto a bed, first by dropping the back section 12 upon the seat section1l and sliding the same as a unit back into the rear compartment asshown in Fig. 3. The frame 20, containing the springs 21, of the bed, isthen drawn forward from out of the rear compartment to the position asshown in Fig. 3, and as the rails 16 and 17 are inclined upwardly towardthe forward edge, it is raised vertically until tlie rollers 18 dropinto recesses in the rails at their respective upper and forward ends.To accommodate and take care of the weight at the outer end or front 20of the spring structure when in this position, provide a collapsible leg22 pivoted at 23 to the under side of the forward end of the springstructure.

While l have illustrated and described herein certain specific means forcarrying out my invention, it, of course, will be obvious to othersskilled in the art to which it pertains, that numerous modifications orrefinements thereof are possible without materially departing from thespirit of my invention. l therefore desire it understood, that suchchanges are contemplated within the scope of my invention as expressedin the appended claims.

l/V hat claim is 1. A sofa bed comprising a back and ends, a compartmentextending rearwardly from said back, a vertical back cushion, ahorizontal seat cushion, said cushions being respectively hinged to oneanother at their adjacent ends and adapted to fold together and passinto said rear compartment, and a bed frame disposed below said cushionseXn tending into said compartment and adapted to be Withdrawn therefromto form a bed.

2. A sofa. bed Comprising in combination with back and end sections, acompartment adjacent to and extending rearwardly from Said back, seatand back cushions pivoted along their meeting edge, casters upon thebottom of Said seat cushion, guideways upon the Walls of saidcompartment and said end sections over Which said cushions are adaptedto travel, and a bed section mounted upon inclined tracks substantiallybelow Said cushions.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as my own have hereto affixed mysigna- 15 ture in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

oLE J. ENGLUND.

Witnesses S. KINDLUND, PETER THOMPSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington. D. Cf."

